Institutional Review Board

At Governors State University all projects involving human subjects must be reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board.

The purpose of the IRB is to ensure the protection of human research subjects. Code of Federal Regulation Title 45, Part 46 requires that all institutions receiving federal funds and conducting research using living humans establish and operate an IRB.

Review Request Forms

These are fillable forms and you may have trouble filling them out if you are not using Internet Explorer. You can open the forms by using Internet Explorer or save the forms and reopen from your computer. If you are still unable to fill out the forms, email ospr@govst.edu.